IT’S TIME TO TAKE A BREATH ONE OF THE SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR STRESS RELIEF IS TO DELIBERATELY PAUSE,…

THE DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS There is a real issue of post-Christmas blues that can set in for church staff as…

ADVENT EXPECTATIONS send an email to your congregation reminding them that as the Body of Christ Advent has special significance…

INTERRUPT THE PRESSURE Every pastor and pastor’s family understands the irony of the ministry. As we approach Christmas, in addition…

DEAR ABBY ANGEL Recently I found myself reading a Dear Abby advice column and began to wonder how this might…

A UNIQUE CHRISTMAS GIFT In a world filled with loneliness, you can expand friendship, In a fractured world, you can…

YOUR PERSONAL ADVENT OK, its happening again. The season of Advent seems to come around each year. The colors of…

IF WE ARE NOT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE   If “the Son of Man came not to be served…

IT’S ALL ABOUT ME Narcissism is a term that is increasingly used to describe one’s excessive focus on one’s self.…

I ADMIRE YOUR MINISTRY It is not unusual for a pastor to feel as if they are underappreciated. People may…

IMPERFECT PASTORS & CHURCHES   How does a congregation relate their faith to their relationship with their pastor? Too often,…

HAVE WE LOST OUR NERVE I remember reading a book in college that suggested that the Greek civilization came up…

A LUNCHEON INVITATION If your bishop, presbyter, or judicatory staff person called you up and asked you to go to…

  WHAT’S THE USE Kathleen Norris writes about Acedia and Me. Acedia feeds upon the thought that nothing is worthwhile.…

God’s truth and Human Response   Where would you place yourself between the assertion that there is no salvation outside…

NO SALVATION OUTSIDE THE CHURCH Beginning with Augustine but continuing with Luther, Calvin, The Scots Confession, and the Second Helvietic…

THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT EXPANDED We need to reinterpret the fifth commandment. “Honor your father and your mother, so that your…

  WORDS CREATE WORLDS In Walter Brueggemann’s Israel’s Praise, he develops the idea that words create worlds. It is not the objective…

WHEN THINGS FALL APART One recent broadcast suggested there had been more than 250 cases of mass violence in  2017.…

I want to emphasize 3 of the 10 commandments as an antitoxin to anxiety. NO OTHER GODS It is the…